I'm Just Not That Into This Movie

My Ongoing Angst Toward Romantic Comedies:
In Review: He Just Not That Into You (2009)
Let me start off by saying that I am a bit ashamed to have seen this film today. However, I do have crushes on Justin Long and Scarlett Johansson, so for those reasons alone it was almost worthwhile.
The film sets itself up to be an “anti-romance” romantic comedy. Channeled through the narrative of Jennifer Goodwin’s character is the voice of the doting girl, who suddenly realizes that all the rules she has made about guys throughout her life are off (pushed by Long’s character, the practical voice). Initially I liked the idea of the “exception girl” verses the “rule girl.” The exception is fairly self explanatory. If you hear a story about a girl who met a man and he swept her off her feet, and they lived happily ever after, that girl is the exception. The rule is the girl who lives a more realistic life. She, by example of Jennifer Anniston’s character, may date a man for seven years, but they never marry. These situations were setting up to give a somewhat honest example of the reality of romance in life. We don’t get our happy endings.
Yet they ended with a disappointment! In the end, Goodwin and Anniston, who you are set up to identify with, ARE THE EXCEPTION! Jennifer Connelly’s character, who is presented as an anal bitch, is the rule. And Scarlett Johansson, who seems to be more of a sex kitten than someone you respect, is also the rule. And the exception’s male counterparts are the witty doting type! So when you leave this movie, you are right back where you started, but almost more desperate. “Oh, I shouldn’t believe that Mr. Right will come into my life in a magical way. But really… Maybe he will!” I might need to put my finger down my throat so I can vomit that story out of my body.